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MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – November 8, 1969
Service recordMichael Stephen Hrutkay, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 45
- FRANCISCO H DELGADOPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- RONALD WARREN GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.